Month: November 2021

Synopsis: Captain Picard is kidnapped by an alien race interested in observing human morality. In “Allegiance” Captain Jean-Luc Picard is suddenly dropped into a cell with three individuals unlike himself, in order to test his reactions to them and their reactions to him. This experiment is brought about by an unidentified alien race to try… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 18: “Allegiance”

Synopsis: Welcoming a Klingon officer aboard the Enterprise as part of an exchange system leads to Lt. Worf going back to his home planet to defend the honor of his father. “Sins of the Father” speaks to a concept in depth psychology of cultural complex, that in our unconscious we hold both the sins and… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 17: “Sins of the Father”

Synopsis: Lt. Commander Data creates a child. In “The Offspring,” there is an interesting character arc, and in archetypal psychological terms, an archetypal change, in the character of Lt. Commander Data from Puer to Senex, when it comes to learning about human behavior. Data creates a child and lets the child decide the gender for… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 16: “The Offspring”

Synopsis: Coming through a rip in time, the long lost U.S.S. Enterprise C appears to the Enterprise D crew and alters the present timeline. In “Yesterday’s Enterprise” there is a very interesting set of scenes involving the character Guinan, portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg. Guinan is a member of an alien race that was almost entirely… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 15: “Yesterday’s Enterprise”

Synopsis: Commander Riker is accused of murdering a scientist in an explosion on a space station. In “A Matter of Perspective” viewers are given several examples of how individuals project their shadow onto others. Projection in depth psychological terms is when one sees in another something that is coming up from one’s own unconscious and… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 14: “A Matter of Perspective”

Synopsis: Q returns to the Enterprise stripped of his omnipotent powers. In this episode, the return of the character Q means that the Trickster archetype is once again aboard the Enterprise. There is much interaction between Q and Captain Jean-Luc Picard, who holds the energy archetype of the Senex, and Lt. Commander Data, the android… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 13: “Deja Q”

Synopsis: Dr. Crusher is abducted by a group of terrorists on Rutia IV. It is interesting that the conflict at the heart of this storyline is very similar to that of the last episode in “The Hunted.” The situation in which one group has broken off from the majority when they feel that they have… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 12: “The High Ground”

Synopsis: The Enterprise is confronted by a soldier who has escaped from a military prison, and the crew question why he had been placed there. In “The Hunted,” after visiting the planet Angosia III, which seeks to become part of the United Federation of Planets, the Enterprise is attacked by an inmate from a penal… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 11: “The Hunted”

Synopsis: The Enterprise provides asylum for a defecting Romulan officer, who tells them of a secret plan the Romulans have for starting a war with the Federation. In “The Defector,” the biggest issue for Captain Jean-Luc Picard and his crew is whether or not to believe the information that the defecting Romulan officer is giving… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 10: “The Defector”

Synopsis: After discovering an attack on a science station Captain Picard orders the Enterprise to try to mediate negotiations between clans that have been feuding for generations on a planet. In “The Vengeance Factor” there is an interesting mythological custom that is on display, yet never mentioned in every scene in which parties are brought… Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 3, Episode 9: “The Vengeance Factor”